HB 1285 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO ESTABLISH AN EXEMPTION PROGRAM FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE'S OPERATORS FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE SERVICES.

House Bill 1285, now Act 856, creates a program that allows ambulance services to be exempt from a telemedicine requirement for certain 9-1-1 emergency medical situations. The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council is responsible for developing a set of protocols for these exempt situations and reviewing them annually. Ambulance services can adopt these approved protocols with their medical director's approval or request the council to approve additional protocols for exemption.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 28, 2025 Signed Apr 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 856 → HB 1285 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from Act 856 to HB 1285, removing the approval date and adding new header information including the state name, assembly details, and bill number. These are primarily technical and formatting changes rather than substantive policy modifications.

TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date line (4/17/25) that was present in the previous Act 856 version

Added new header information including the state name, 95th General Assembly designation, and House Bill 1285 identification

Changed document title from Act 856 to HB 1285 to reflect the bill's current status in the legislative process

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 17, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1285 is now Act 856

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors